On Tuesday we went over to Mike's for Annika's seventh birthday.  We took an ice cream cake and a requested bag of chocolate.  We had dinner, sang and then cake.  Somehow in the course of the evening we got to talking about Mike's two dogs and ticks and that led to a discussion about other kinds of tics, such as, enthusiastic, artistic, etc.   Ever since then Alesa and I have been trading questions such as; "What do you call a red headed tick?" - Rustic or "Obsessive tick?" - neurotic.   It sure doesn't take much to keep us amused.  On Wednesday we went down to Secretary, MD for Pam Stone's funeral.  On the way into town we saw a Bald Eagle in a field and found it symbolic when they sang "On Eagle's Wings" during the funeral.  On Sunday, it's down to Chinatown in Philadelphia with Mike's family for a Chinese New Year celebration or at least lunch.